Tom Stoppard Quotes
People think there's a choice between smoking and immortality, but we've all got to die of something.
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People should focus on my foundation, my projects, and everything positive and important that I am doing in Latin America and the around the world.
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If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
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The reason I decided to run for Senate is one of my responsibilities as governor is to make sure that the voices of our people and our small businesses in New Hampshire are heard in Washington and that we continue to make the type of progress we're making here at the state level; we need that same type of response and progress in Washington.
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Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
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Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.
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The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.
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We were elected in a wave because the people in America, if they had a single issue that troubled them the most, it was that health care vote.
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We have this historic problem that we have a quarter of our population, the people of Quebec, who have never signed on to the Constitution. That can't go on forever.
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'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one touches only five people or maybe just one person. To me, you know, that would still be worth it.
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I know what people laugh at. I know their vocabulary.
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Cheney was among the best secretaries of defence the country has ever had. He was a very effective White House chief of staff. He did not make many enemies, and he had the ability to persuade people with that soft tone and very reasonable style of his. He's always been exceptionally good as the right-hand man.
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People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.
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I've never been a big fan of making telepathy to the audience. That would be too much a wink in the eye. That would make people around me fools, right?
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Some people in Silicon Valley are as bad as the 'Koch Brothers', you know? Don't be mistaken. For every some of those, though, you get people who come up with something like 'Leafly', which does what 'Yelp' has done, but in a much more specific way, and it's important because it's the dawn of this new era.
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In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.'
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We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So you end up with dentists who are more traders than dentists. A dentist should drill teeth and use whatever he does in the stock market for entertainment.
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At least in part, people are attracted to subjects where they can identify at a basic level with the people who do it. The extraordinary aesthetic of the natural world is not obvious to someone who never leaves the inner city. Appreciation of the elegance and power of physical law is an acquired taste.
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When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.
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Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.
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My confidence came from the way I grew up, and I'm grateful for it.
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We've got a lemon factory and we're turning out 80-85 percent lemons.
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People think there's a choice between smoking and immortality, but we've all got to die of something.
